Michigan State University. Department of Art
Organization
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Barbara J. Lodge Alexander collection
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.513
Content Description
The Barbara J. Lodge Alexander collection contains a scrapbook of the activities of the 1949-1950 Delta Phi Delta - Alpha Mu art honorary society. The scrapbook was most likely created by Barbara J. (Lodge) Rockwood Alexander and her first husband Louis Rockwood. The scrapbook contains photographs of events, newspaper clippings, and lists of members for 1948-1950. The photographs show silkscreening, gallery exhibits, the Artist's and Model's Ball, Art Department faculty and staff, the annual...
Dates:
1948-1951
Department of Art records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.15
Scope and Contents
Administrative Subject Files. 1926-1970, Undated.
Records dealing with the administration of the department. The bulk of the records date from the 1950s and 1960s. The files are particularly useful in documenting the outside activities of the department such as Continuing Education, Cooperative Extension, the Evening College and various overseas projects. The extensive materials dealing with the preparation of annual reports and budget records are also noteworthy in documenting the...
Dates:
1923-2016, 2018
John A. Waite papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.113
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials relating to the drafting of Chapters VI-XII of the "Statues, Rules, and Regulations of the University," 1971-1972. Also included is correspondence relating to this project which Waite headed.In addition, the collection includes reports, outlines, memorandums and correspondence regarding a study of the Art department done in 1968-1969 while Waite was assistant dean in the College of Arts and Letters. Studies of academic departments were an...
Dates:
1968 - 1972
Kresge Art Museum records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.15.2
Scope and Contents
The majority of this collection consists of the various exhibits that the Kresge Art Museum hosted from the 1960s to the 2000s. In the exhibit materials are brochures, correspondence, news releases, photographs, inventory of art pieces, and condition reports. The rest of this collection is made up of press clippings and releases, and publications about the Kresge Art Museum. The Friends of the Kresge Art Gallery materials include board meeting minutes, brochures about joinging the...
Dates:
1963 - 2010
Philena Esther Smith papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.66
Scope and Contents
The papers of Philena Smith consist of personal artwork and a scrapbook containing programs, invitations, tickets, greeting cards, letters, report cards, menus, postcards, and news clippings related to student life at Michigan Agricultural College. Photographs are of friends and campus events. Some items pertain to her student athletic participation in Lansing High School. The photographs include the Lansing High School Girls Basketball team of 1906, Wolverine staff...
Dates:
1906 - 1913
Robert S. Alexander papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.502
Content Description
The Robert S. Alexander collection consists of correspondence to and from Alexander dated 1942-1954, 1981, and undated. Of note are the letters and cards from his time in the miliary during World War II. Alexander describes his experiences and often includes drawings on the correspondence. The collection also includes a small amount of photographs and negatives with images of a soldier in uniform, early Ford cars, and family/children and a house.
Dates:
1942 - 1981
Roger Funk papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-17.331
Scope and Contents
The Roger Funk papers include materials related to his career including correspondence, articles he wrote, and conferences in which he participated. The collection includes General Electric patents and correspondence, materials from his teaching career at Michigan State University, University of Iowa, Penn State University and the Kansas City Art Institute. Also included are files for his work with the Industrial Design Society of America and Industrial Design Education Association. Other...
Dates:
1957 - 2004
Sadayoshi Omoto papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-17.344
Scope and Content
The Sadayoshi Omoto papers contain material related to his career and personal life. Omoto's professional material include teaching material such as syllabi, lecture notes and exams. Also included are memos, correspondence and committee files relating to the Michigan State University Art Department. There is also material related to Omoto's research and publications on Worthington Whittredge, Queen Anne-style architecture in Ohio, architectural surveys of Michigan, and Japanese American...
Dates:
1894, 1942-2013, undated
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- Letters (correspondence) 4
- Art -- Study and teaching 3
- Photographs 3
- Reports 3
- Annual reports 2
- Art 2
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 2
- Museums 2
- Architecture -- Michigan 1
- Architecture, Queen Anne 1
- Art -- Exhibitions 1
- Art museums 1
- Art, American -- Michigan 1
- Brochures 1
- Calendar 1
- Cast-iron 1
- Catalogs 1
- College art museums -- Michigan 1
- College students -- Societies and clubs 1
- Conference materials 1
- Course materials 1
- Exhibitions 1
- Historic sites -- Michigan 1
- Industrial design 1
- Industrial design -- Study and teaching 1
- Industrial design -- United States 1
- Japanese American art 1
- Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 1
- Museum exhibits 1
- Museums -- Inventories 1
- Negatives (Photographs) 1
- Newsletters 1
- Newspaper clippings 1
- Outlines and syllabi 1
- Patents 1
- Press releases 1
- Publications 1
- Scholarships 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Serial publications 1
- Speeches 1
- Student activities -- Michigan -- East Lansing 1
- Technology -- Study and teaching 1
- Theses 1
- Universities and colleges -- Administration 1
- Universities and colleges -- Curricula 1
- Universities and colleges -- Faculty 1
- Universities and colleges -- Michigan -- East Lansing -- Faculty 1
- World War, 1939-1945 1 + ∧ less
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